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Moody’s Investors Service yesterday upgraded Burlington’s credit rating for both the City’s General Obligation Bonds and Certificates of Participation, and Moody’s improved the City’s rating outlook to positive from stable.
While there has been a strong push to legalize marijuana in Vermont, despite what appears to be a legislative logjam this year, a researcher expects the state to be one of the next to legalize its recreational use. Laws went into effect last week that legalized recreational marijuana in both Alaska and Washington, DC.
FairPoint Communications, Inc (Nasdaq: FRP), Vermont's largest telecom company with landline and Internet service, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2014.
Norwich University, the oldest private military college in the US and ranked second best in the country for cyber security courses and degree programs, has partnered with Silobreaker to use their online threat intelligence product in their cyber forensics classes.
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc (NASDAQ: GMCR), a leader in specialty coffee, coffee makers, teas and other beverages with its innovative brewing technology, and DS Services of America, Inc, a subsidiary of Cott Corporation (Cott) (NYSE:COT; TSX:BCB) and a leading bottled water, coffee and tea direct-to-consumer services provider, today announced a multi-year agreement to offer DS Services' Javarama
Faculty in the University of Vermont’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have received two $500,000 grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The grants are part of a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture initiative designed to increase prosperity in rural America.
The UVM Board of Trustees welcomed five new members this month: three legislative trustees, an undergraduate political science major and a gubernatorial appointee. Together, their backgrounds span the fields of federal politics, the culinary arts, accounting, electrical contracting and environmental consulting.
A new brochure from the J Warren & Lois McClure Foundation identifies the top high-pay, high-growth jobs projected for Vermont over the next 10 years — and the educational requirements needed to obtain them. For current and future jobseekers willing to invest in training and/or education after high school, it is clear: there are promising employment opportunities in Vermont.
Ello, the ad-free social network based in Burlington, Vermont, has named March "NSFW Month." Throughout the month, Ello will celebrate freedom of speech by highlighting the suppressive role that censorship plays in social media, government, and the arts.
by Tom Brown vtdigger.org For the first time in Governor Peter Shumlin’s tenure, more Vermonters disapprove of his job performance than approve of it. A new VTDigger/Castleton Polling Institute survey shows that 47 percent of those surveyed disapprove of the job Shumlin, a Democrat, is doing as governor and 41 percent approve.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) have introduced legislation to dramatically improve access to dental care. The Comprehensive Dental Reform Act would expand dental coverage through Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act and the Department of Veterans Affairs, filling the gap for the more than 1 in 4 Americans who lack dental insurance.
Online Masters in Public Health has released the 50 Most Beautiful Medical Schools, including the University of Vermont in Burlington, the state's only medical school, which ranked 11th. The list features medical schools with amazing architecture, structural prowess, campus integration, and technological superiority, among many other factors that were considered.